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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781435903321

Autore

Wellman Christopher Heath

Titolo

Debating the Ethics of Immigration [[electronic resource] ] : Is There a Right to Exclude?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011

ISBN

1-283-42741-9

9786613427410

0-19-981357-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Debating Ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

ColePhillip

Disciplina

172.1

172/.1

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration -- Moral and ethical aspects

Immigrants -- Civil rights

Emigration and immigration - Moral and ethical aspects

Immigrants - Civil rights

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Immigration & Emigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE; 1. In Defense of the Right to Exclude; 2. The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders; 3. The Libertarian Case for Open Borders; 4. The Democratic Case for Open Borders; 5. The Utilitarian Case for Open Borders; 6. Refugees; 7. Toward an International Institution with Authority over Immigration; 8. Guest Workers; 9. Selection Criteria; 10. Conclusion; PART TWO: OPEN BORDERS: AN ETHICAL DEFENSE; 11. The Shape of the Debate; 12. The Case Against the Right to Exclude

13. Wellman on Freedom of Association14. Consequentialist Concerns; 15. Toward a Right to Mobility; 16. Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing



their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question. Appealing to the right to freedom of association, Wellman contends that legitimate states have broad discretion to exclude potential immigrants, even those who desperately seek to enter. Against this, Cole argues that the commitment to the moral equality of all human beings - which legitimate states can be expected to